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Honorary Awards

Since 2006, Liverpool Hope University has awarded a number of Honorary Doctorates and Senior Fellowships. The awards acknowledge the recipients' contribution to society, particularly where their work in particular areas aligns closely to the University's mission, values and aims.

The following distinguished recipients have received awards form the University:

Name Award Year
Mr Dan Kay Doctor of Letters honoris causa (posthumous) 2023
Dr Carolyn Bishop Doctor of Education honoris causa 2023
Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2023
Mr David Morrissey Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2023
Fr Denis Blackledge SJ Senior Fellowship 2023
Professor Nigel Osborne Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2022
Mr Ian Cosh Doctor of Education honoris causa 2022
Ms Anna Rothery Senior Fellowship 2022
Dr Margaret Ashwell Doctor of Education honoris causa 2022
Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald Doctor of Divinity 2022
Dr Rita Gardner Doctor of Science 2022
Revd Sir Ralph Waller KBE Doctor of Education honoris causa 2021
The Revd Canon Malcolm Rogers MBE
Senior Fellowship
2020
Mrs Lynne Tembey OBE,
Senior Fellowship
2020
Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2020
Professor Christopher Rowland Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2019
Sir Peter Lampl Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2019
Archbishop Paul Gallagher Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2019
Professor Monica Grady Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2019
Professor Simon Armitage Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2019
Sir Christopher Stone Doctor of Education honoris causa 2018
Dame Colette Bowe Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2018
Mr David Suchet Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2017
Sr Maura O'Carroll Doctor of Education honoris causa 2017
Canon Andrew White Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2017
Professor James Keaton Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2017
Président-Recteur Pierre Giorgini Doctor of Education honoris causa 2017
Mrs Enid Lodge Senior Fellowship 2017
Mr Philip Lodge Senior Fellowship 2017
Professor John A Schembri Doctor of Education honoris causa 2016
Dame Lorna Muirhead Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2016
Professor Simon Lee Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2016
Mr Trevor Hicks Senior Fellowship 2016
Ms Margaret Aspinall Senior Fellowship 2016
Dr Marilyn Robinson Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2015
Professor Roger Brown Doctor of Education honoris causa 2015
Mr Ken Loach Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2015
Ms Lyse Doucet Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2015
Mr Trevor Lyttleton Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2015
Jan Cardinal Korec Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2014
Ms Anne Lonsdale Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2014
Ms Winfred Robinson Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2014
Fr Thomas Mathew Doctor of Education honoris causa 2013
Professor Harry Burns Doctor of Education honoris causa 2013
Revd Professor Frances Young Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2013
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2013
Dr Mohammad Akbar Ali Senior Fellowship 2013
Sister Cyril Mooney, IBVM Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2012
Professor E Rex Makin Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2012
Dame Mary Tanner Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2012
Professor Andrew Walls Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2012
Professor Lamin Sanneh Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2012
Canon James Collins Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2012
Bishop Vincent Malone Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2012
Dr James Burke Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2012
Mr Max Steinberg Senior Fellowship 2012
Councillor Jane Corbett Senior Fellowship 2012
Mr Andrew Cornall Senior Fellowship 2012
Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2011
Revd Bienvenido Nebres Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2011
His Eminence Dr Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2011
President Patricia McGuire Doctor of Education honoris causa 2011
Revd Mgr Jack Kennedy Senior Fellowship 2011
Revd Peter Morgan Senior Fellowship 2011
Mrs Rosemary Hawley Senior Fellowship 2011
Revd Canon Anthony Hawley Senior Fellowship 2011
Revd Michael Lapsley Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa 2010
Ms Cherie Booth QC Doctor of Laws honoris causa 2010
Sir Anthony Kenny Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2010
Professor Rajmohan Gandhi Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2010
Mr Ken Dodd Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2010
Revd Canon Michael Wolfe Senior Fellowship 2010
Dr Robert Fisk Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2009
Right Revd James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2009
Most Revd Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2009
Mr Vasily Petrenko Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2009
Sir Jeremy Isaacs Doctor of Letters honoris causa 2009
Mrs Judith Henderson Senior Fellowship 2009
Mr Gerald Henderson Senior Fellowship 2009
Sister Eileen Kelleher SND Doctor of Education honoris causa 2008
Ms Chiara Lubich Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2008
Revd Dr Kevin Kelly Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2007
Right Revd Mgr Canon Peter Cookson Doctor of Divinity honoris causa 2007
Mrs Gee Walker Senior Fellowship 2007
Revd Canon Huw Thomas Senior Fellowship 2007
Sr Catherine Hughes (former Principal of Notre Dame College) Senior Fellowship 2006
Revd Mgr Bernard Doyle (former Principal of Christ's College) Senior Fellowship 2006
Dr Geoffrey Barnard (former Principal of S. Katharine's College) Senior Fellowship 2006